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KHolbekistan's avatar

Great piece, thank you.

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Michael D Vernon's avatar

Of course it's important to remember that these networks are driven for ratings and conflict drives engagement.

This is an important point that Mr Sheffield makes. News networks, even PBS I'm sad to say, confuse showing both sides of an issue with showing the two contemporary viewpoints in American cultural and political discourse. Has Fox News and religion shows us, popularity is not accuracy. News networks have not figured out how to handle all this or, cynically, they have and it's all about getting people to watch.

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